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August 17 - August 23, 2001
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| NORTHERN CALIFORNIA |
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Media Fund The National Asian American Telecommunications Association (NAATA) is pleased to announce new deadlines for the Media Fund. Open Call for Production Funds ends Aug. 24. This round of funding is for applicants with public television projects in production and/or post-production phases. Projects in research and development or script development phases need not apply. Awards will average $20,000 to $50,000. Exceptions may be made. Open Door Completion Fund has no deadline. This round of funding is for applicants with public television projects in the final post-production phase. A full-length rough cut must be submitted. Awards average $20,000 and NAATA funds must be the last monies needed to finish the project and deliver the broadcast master. For more information, check out www.naatanet.org or contact the Media Fund department at 415-863-0814 x106 or mediafund@naatanet.org.
ARTS
Blind Vision Through Nov. 11, San Jose Museum of Art presents Blind Vision: Video and the Limits of Perception. What are the physical and psychological limits of vision? At a time when new technologies and virtual imaging are enabling us to visualize real and imaginary spaces with greater precision, several artists are using video to explore the ambiguity at the heart of representation. This exhibition of videotapes and installations showcases the work of both Bay Area and international artists whose works explore the dynamic between perception, cognition, surveillance, and control. Artists in the exhibition include Peter Campus, Jonathan Fung, Marie Sester, Smith/Stewart, T. Kim, Trang Tran, and Bill Viola. For more information, please call 408-294-2977 or go to www.sjmuseum.org.
Cherry Blossom Festival 2001 An exhibition of photographs of the spring festival in Japantown, San Francisco, by Hiromi Oda & Kieran Ridge. This show is part of an ongoing project, documenting the neighborhood communities and street festivals of San Francisco at the Kinokuniya Bookstore, Japantown Mall Building, Webster & Post Sts., San Francisco. The show runs through Sept 2, open 7 days, 10:30 a.m. - 8 p.m. Admission is free. For more photos from this project, visit the photographers’ Web site at www.thestreetsofsanfrancisco.com.
Hall of Pioneers Gallery The Hall of Pioneers Gallery at Oakland’s Lion’s Foundation contains 12 custom-made showcases, each featuring selected individuals with historical photographs and artifacts. The 12 distinguished leaders and personalities were chosen by a Chinatown historical committee, which was formed more than 20 years ago by the late Reverend Frank G. Mar. Regular gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, please contact Ann G. Yee at 510-530-4590.
Introductions South This summer, the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) collaborates with the San Francisco Art Dealers Association (SFADA) and three downtown galleries to present Introductions South. This exhibition includes a selection of works by artists features in SFADA’s annual Introductions art walk and exhibitions, as well as work by artists represented by Art Object Gallery, d.p. Fong Galleries, and Frederick Spratt Gallery. Introductions South is a survey of the best new talent in the Bay Area and is on view at the ICA, 451 South First St., San Jose, through Sept. 22. For more information, please call 408-283-8155.
Modern Photography in Japan & Intimate Eyes Two very different, but equally important, exhibitions will show, through Sept. 30, at the Ansel Adams Center, 655 Mission St., San Francisco. The modern photography movements in both the United States and Japan reached peaks of dynamic creativity in the years prior to World War II. Modern Photograph in Japan: 1915 - 1940 and Intimate Eyes: The paintings and Photography of Consuelo Kanaga provide insights into the artistic expression that emerged on both sides of the Pacific during this period. For more information, please call 415-495-7000.
Nature on the Grid The Gallery at Montalvo presents Nature on the Grid, an exhibition of the work of Kyoung Ae Cho. Korean-born Cho’s large-scale “quilts” incorporate pine needles, hair and wood. Cho meticulously arranges these found natural materials using the geometry of a grid to reveal both the order and flux innate in natural forms. The exhibition runs through Sept. 17, at the Gallery, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga. For more information, please call 408-961-5800.
New Visions: Introductions 2001 Pro Arts presents New Visions: Introduction 2001, an exhibition of works by 70 talented emerging artists juried by artist/curator Rene Yanez and Pro Arts executive director Robbin Henderson. The show runs through Aug. 18 at Pro Arts, 461 9th St., Oakland. Gallery hours are Wednesday - Saturday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. For more information, please call 510-763-4361.
Order in Chaos Dolby Chadwick Gallery presents Order in Chaos — A Personal Journal, an exhibition of oil paintings of interiors by Fan Yang, through Aug. 18. For more information, please call 415-956-3560, or go to www.dolbychadwickgallery.com.
SF International Art Exposition The fourth annual San Francisco International Art Exposition, presented by Thomas Blackman Associates, will be held, Sept. 21 - 24, in the Herbst and Festival Pavilions at Fort Mason Center, San Francisco. Hours are Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m., and Sunday and Monday, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Tickets are $12 for general admission; $9 for students, seniors and groups; $25 for a three-day pass; $30 for a four-day pass; and free for children 10 and under. For more information, call 877.734.2399 or visit www.sfiae.com.
Shibori: Tradition and Innovation The Museum of Craft & Folk Art presents Shibori: Tradition and Innovation — East to West through Nov. 25, an exhibition of Japanese traditional kimonos and recent fashion innovations in shibori. The exhibition, divided between the Museum’s two galleries, will show the subtle elegance of shibori from ancient Japan plus the dramatic new uses of shibori by artists working in contemporary art and fashion in the Americas. To compliment the exhibition, the Museum will also hold a symposium on shibori and a fashion show of contemporary shibori fashion on Sept. 12 at Fort Mason Center’s Cowell Theater. For more information on the exhibition and related events, please call 415-775-0991.
Sistahs: Ethnographic Ceramics The Women’s Cancer Resource Center Gallery is pleased to feature the creative works of Renata Gray. Gray’s work revolves around African patterns and designs. Her images are based on relationships, paying homage to men, children and the tremendous strength that women possess. The show runs through Aug. 22 at the WCRC Gallery, 3023 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley. For more information, call 510-548-9286 x307.
DANCE
Crazy Horse Theater of Yugen presents a Native American and Japanese Noh theater production, Crazy Horse, on Sept. 14 and 15, outdoors in the Japantown Peace Plaza. The production is inspired by the Native American story of the hero of the Lakota Sioux in the 19th century, directed by Yuriko Doi, written by Erik Ehn, composed by Richard Emmert, with songs by Darrell Paskimin, and choreographed by Hanay Gieogamah and Masashi Momura. For more information, please call 415-621-7978 or visit www.theatreofyugen.org.
Festival of Classical Indian Dance The Third Annual East Bay Festival of Classical Indian Dance happens Aug. 17 - 19, at the 2001 Live Oak Theater, 1301 Shattuck Ave at Berryman St., Berkeley. Come enjoy three evenings of performances, each with a different theme, and three afternoons of lecture-demonstrations of the various Indian Classical Dance styles, including Kathak, Kuchipudi, Odissi, Bharat Natyam, Manipuri, Kathakali and Mohiniattam by the featured artists. Tickets (per evening) are $35 for reserved seating, which includes dinner; $15 for general advanced purchase; $18 at the door. Seniors, children and students pay $12 for advanced purchase; and $15 at the door. For the disabled, dinner is $10; general tickets are $10 for adults, $7 for children. Group discounts are available. For more information, please contact founder/director Jyoti Rout at 415-974 - 4313, www.jyotikalamandir.org, or mail@jyotikalamandir.org.
EVENTS
Palo Alto Festival of the Arts On Aug. 25 and 26, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, come enjoy over 300 quality artisans, two stages of entertainment, California microbrews and wines, gourmet foods and a kids craft corner at the Palo Alto Festival of the Arts. For more information, call the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce at 650-324-3121 or go to www.mlaproductions.com.
POMO Kul Arts in association with Yerba Buena Center for the Arts present the fourth annual Post-Modern American Pilipino Performance Project (POMO) at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum, 701 Mission St. and 3rd St., Friday through Sunday, Aug. 17 - 19, at 8 p.m. POMO unleashes a program of American Pilipino works featuring the prophetic spoken word, poetry and beat-boxing of 8th Wonder, the world premiere of Allan Manalo’s Unggoy Odyssey: BAWAL! Tales from a Superstition Kitchen, and much more. For tickets and information, please call 415-978-2787.
Traditions and Transformations On Aug. 23 and 24, Oakland Asian Cultural Center’s Traditions and Transformations: A Summer Performance Festival will present a wide array of Asian and Asian Pacific American performing arts, both traditional and contemporary. The festival will include performances by Francis Wong’s Gathering of Ancestors and the Somei Yoshino Taiko Ensemble at the outdoor courtyard of the Pacific Renaissance Plaza in downtown Oakland. Please call 510-208-6080 for more information and a complete schedule of events.
FILM
Kon Ichikawa James Quandt of Cinématheque Ontario and the Japan Foundation have put together 26 Kon Ichikawa films, including Fires on the Plain, An Actor’s Revenge and The Burmese Harp, to tour in the first North American retrospective in 30 years. This series demonstrated Ichikawa’s gift for innovation, visual beauty, dark humor, social satire, and deep emotion. Screenings will take place from Friday, July 13 through Friday, Aug. 31 at New PFA Theater, 2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. General admission is $7 for one film and $8.50 for double bills. For more ticket and program information, please call 510-642-1412.
THE VERTICAL RAY OF THE SUN The Vertical Ray of the Sun plays at the Camera Cinemas in San Jose. Directed by Tran Anh Hung (The Scent of Green Papaya) the movie stars Tran Nu Yen Khe, Nguyen Nhu Quynh, Le Khanh, Ngo Quang Hai and Chu Hung. In modern-day Hanoi, three sisters and their brother, prompted by the anniversary of their mother’s death, meet at the eldest sister’s cafe. They are obviously a close family, sharing their most intimate secrets without guilt or fear — or so it seems. Involved in relationships at various stages of development, they all hold back disturbing secrets of sexual complicity, most dramatically the youngest sister, Lian, who seeks a husband just like her brother Hai (with whom she has a complex and ambiguous relationship). When Lian investigates a previously unknown aspect of their mother’s life, the family is thrown into tumult. Her discoveries threaten the idealized memory of their parents that has kept the family fiercely connected. The film is in Vietnamese, with English subtitles. For more information and Camera Cinema locations, please call 408-998-3300.
MUSIC
Ali Akbar College of Music Event On Friday, Aug. 17, 8:30 p.m., Gauri Guha and Sri Uttam Chakrabarty will perform at Ali Akbar College of Music at Fremont, 39534 Plumas Court, Fremont. Gauri has performed in many prestigious music conferences in India and has two long-playing records of her performances. On behalf of ICCR, Government of India, she performed (1977-1980) all over South America, the Caribbean Islands, USA, and Canada. She is now settled in Toronto, Canada, as a respected music teacher and performer. A senior disciple of Swapan Chaudhuri, Uttam has already built a name in India and has accompanied many famous senior artists in India and abroad. He has been charming music lovers of California since last year. Admission for Patrons of Musical Excellence and Joy patrons is free; for AACM Students, $10 each, and the general public, $15 each. For more information, call 510-651-9149.
Pacific Overtures TheatreWorks presents a 25-year anniversary production of Stephen Sondheim’s unforgettable musical, Pacific Overtures. This musical masterpiece chronicles the Westernization of the island empire of Japan, the Floating Kingdom, left undisturbed for centuries. With haunting music and stunning visual theatricality, composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim and author John Weidman combine elements of traditional Japanese theatre with the dazzle of Broadway at its most inventive. Pacific Overtures plays Aug. 29 through Sept. 23 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. For tickets ($22-$40), call 650-903-6000 or visit www.theatreworks.org.
San Jose Taiko San Jose Taiko presents three heart pounding performances ranging in styles from Japanese drumming to eclectic world music in its Summer Series 2001, Aug. 18, 24 and 25, at the San Jose Repertory Theater, 101 Paseo de San Antonio, San Jose. The series features performances by Zendeko Taiko, a premiere American youth cultural performance groups, and Professor Terry’s Circus Band Extraordinaire. For more information and ticket prices, call 408-293-9344 or go to www.taiko.org/summerseries/.
THEATER
All in the Timing All in the Timing by David Ives will show you what happens when you place three chimps in a cage with three typewriters, how Trotsky lives for 24 hours with an ax in his head, and why restaurant service is always bad. The show runs through Aug. 18, at 8 p.m., at Exit Theater, Taylor St., San Francisco. Tickets are $15. For reservations and information, call 415-778-4050, or visit www.oneheartproductions.com.
E Nana I Ke Kumu The Asian American Theater Company presents E Nana I Ke Kumu — Look to the Source Leilani Chan, Aug. 16 - 19, 7 p.m., at New Langton Arts, 1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco. This one-woman show is a unique collaboration between a performance artist and her kumu hula teacher Clarice Wahineali’i Nuhi. E Nana I Ke Kumu exposes the struggles of identity, displacement and survival through the weaving of monologue, storytelling, poetry and dance. For more information, please call 415-440-5545, or visit www.asianamericantheatercompany.org.
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
ARTS
American Families American Families by artist Momo Nagano, which commemorates the names of Japanese Americans who lived in a specific neighborhood of Los Angeles prior to World War II when the U.S. government unlawfully forced them to leave their homes, will be on display at the Japanese American National Museum, 244 South San Pedro St., between 2nd and 3rd Sts., Los Angeles, through Oct. 7. For more information on American Families, call the Japanese American National Museum at 213-625-0414. For more information on Momo Nagano: Personal Visions, call the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center at 213-628-2725.
EVENTS
Thai Sanok Festival Pacific Asia Museum invites the community to the upcoming Thai Sanok Festival on Saturday, Aug. 18, 1 - 4 p.m. Sanok is a Thai word that means enjoyment of dance and music. Visitors will enjoy performances of Thai folk and classical dance and music, including Thai drumming. Admission is free for the event. Pacific Asia Museum, located at 46 N. Robles Ave,. Pasadena, is open to the public Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. For more information, call 626-449-2742 x41.
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ARTS
Tangible Grace The stately yet subtle lines of Chinese furniture from the Seattle Art Museum’s permanent collection are highlighted in the new installation, Tangible Grace: Chinese furniture from the Museum Collection, opening on July 26, and continuing through July 2002 at the Seattle Asian Art Museum, 1400 E. Prospect St., Volunteer Park, Seattle. For more information, visit the museum’s Web site at www.seattleartmuseum.org.
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EAST COAST
ARTS
Fly to Freedom Museum of Chinese in the Americas (MoCA) presents Fly to Freedom: The Art of the Golden Venture Refugees at the Smithsonian Institute, sponsored by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program under the leadership of Dr. Franklin Odo. The exhibition runs through Sept. 30, and is housed in the Arts & Industries Building, 900 Jefferson Drive, S.W., Washington, D.C. The show consists of 25 selected works of folded-paper and papier-mâché art. Along with the paper sculptures, the traveling exhibit presents the background history of the Golden Venture story and the outcome of the refugees’ struggles. For further information, please call MoCA at 212-619-4785 or visit www.MoCA-nvc.org.
Not on the Menu Not on the Menu: From Asian/Pacific Islander Roots to American Reality is an exhibit by Corky Lee of private and public moments of Asian American daily life. The show runs through Nov.30 at the Museum of Chinese in the Americas, 70 Mulberry St., 2/F, New York City. For more information, call 212-619-4785.
On Gold Mountain: A Chinese American Experience On Gold Mountain: A Chinese American Experience, an exhibition organized by the Autry Museum of Western Heritage in Los Angeles and based on the acclaimed book by Lisa See, continues through Sept. 30 in the Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building, 900 Jefferson Drive, S.W., Washington, D.C. The exhibit is organized chronologically and thematically, beginning with the journey from China to America, continuing with Chinese labor in the 19th-century West, the adoption and repeal of the Exclusion Act, the evolution of Los Angeles’ Chinatown, up through the diverse face of Asian immigration in the last 30 years. For more information, please call 202-357-2700.
EVENTS
Worshipping the Ancestors Chinese opera, ghost story films, gallery talks, storytelling and activities for children complement Worshipping the Ancestors: Chinese Commemorative Portraits, an exhibition at the Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 1050 Independence Ave., S.W., continuing through Sept. 9. Highlights of the exhibition include intricately detailed and brightly colored life-size portraits, textiles, jewelry, furniture and other Chinese objects used in the ritual of ancestor worship created between 1451 and 1943. For more information, call 202-357-2700 or 202-357-1729 (TTY) or visit www.asia.si.edu.
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ARTS
New Voices Award Lee & Low Books, the award-winning publisher of multicultural books for children, is pleased to announce the second annual New Voices Award. The award will be given for a children’s picture book story by a writer of color. The award winner will receive a cash grant of $1,000 and a standard publication contract, including an advance against royalties. An honorary award winner will receive a cash grant of $500. Manuscripts will be accepted through Sept. 30, 2001, and must be post-marked by that date. Submissions should be sent to: New Voices Award, Lee & Low Books, 95 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016. For details on eligibility, please e-mail info@leeandlow.com.
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